Nature as an Ancestor: Two Examples of Legal Personality for Nature in New Zealand
Catherine J. Iorns Magallanes — Nature as an Ancestor: Two Examples of Legal Personality for Nature in New Zealand (2015)Catherine J. Iorns Magallanes · 2015 · Article · 'Whanganui River Settlement Agreement'TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0285 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Whanganui River legal personhood (Te Awa Tupua) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“A 2015 legal commentary argued that vesting title to the riverbed in the river fits the claim within existing property law but only partly reflects the iwi view of the river as an indivisible whole, since title covers the bed, not the water.”
Context. Written about the settlement deed before the 2017 Act was passed.
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